qemu-options: add documentation for stdio signal=on|off

[qemu.git] / qemu-options.hx

diff --git a/qemu-options.hx b/qemu-options.hx
index 8de71d6bad7318e698fc259f2244d4b04ec77f41..76e0fd791544d00219761720dee3803cdf69aece 100644 (file)
--- a/qemu-options.hx
+++ b/qemu-options.hx
@@ -1114,7 +1114,7 @@ DEF("chardev", HAS_ARG, QEMU_OPTION_chardev,
     "-chardev serial,id=id,path=path\n"
 #else
     "-chardev pty,id=id\n"
-    "-chardev stdio,id=id\n"
+    "-chardev stdio,id=id,[,signal=on|off]\n"
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_BRLAPI
     "-chardev braille,id=id\n"
@@ -1290,10 +1290,14 @@ not take any options.
 
 @option{pty} is not available on Windows hosts.
 
-@item -chardev stdio ,id=@var{id}
+@item -chardev stdio ,id=@var{id} [,signal=on|off]
 Connect to standard input and standard output of the qemu process.
-@option{stdio} does not take any options. @option{stdio} is not available on
-Windows hosts.
+
+@option{signal} controls if signals are enabled on the terminal, that includes
+exiting QEMU with the key sequence @key{Control-c}. This option is enabled by
+default, use @option{signal=off} to disable it.
+
+@option{stdio} is not available on Windows hosts.
 
 @item -chardev braille ,id=@var{id}